Construction management, water and sewer line · Iowa
J & K Contracting LLC
Urbandale, IA · ~66 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 12.3
- Avg TCR
- 2.8
- Industry avg
- 1
- Fatality
The verdict
J & K Contracting LLC runs at 438% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Construction management, water and sewer line workplace, earning a grade F.
J & K Contracting LLC: 12.3 TCR = 438% of Construction management, water and sewer line BLS 2.8 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
J & K Contracting LLC safety composite
J & K Contracting LLC scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 31% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 2%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).
13/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 12.25 per 100 workers
Safer than 3% of industry peers
- DART rate
- F 2.46 per 100 workers
Safer than 31% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- F 1
Safer than 2% of industry peers
Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).
Rising injury rate
J & K Contracting LLC: 6.0 → 19.7 TCR
Peak year 2018 @ 22.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0.2× in 2024
J & K Contracting LLC's TCR rose 13.7 from 6.0 in 2017 to 19.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2018 at 22.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.2× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 237110 · Urbandale, IA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 12.3 · 438% of ind
- DART 2.5 DART
- RANK #27/32
- PHOTO Slabach Construction…
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 47 inj
- SIZE ~66 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Slabach Construction Co. (0.0 TCR gap)
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J & K Contracting LLC in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Trio Developme
Trio Development Corporation
12.4 TCR
- This site
J & K Contracting LLC
12.3 TCR
- Slabach Constr
Slabach Construction Co.
12.3 TCR
- Cal Gro Pump S
Cal Gro Pump Service, Inc.
12.3 TCR
- Shannon Pump
Shannon Pump
12.3 TCR
What this shows J & K Contracting LLC averages 12.3 TCR (438% of the Construction management, water and sewer line BLS benchmark).
J & K Contracting LLC TCR series: 2017=6 · 2018=22.9 · 2019=10.5 · 2020=17.2 · 2021=6.8 · 2022=6.1 · 2023=8.9 · 2024=19.7 · BLS 2.8
Where J & K Contracting LLC falls in its industry
1,614 Construction management, water establishmentsSafer than 3% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.0.
Narrower to Iowa alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #27 safest of 32 Construction management, water employers in Iowa.
J & K Contracting LLC has more employees than the Construction management, water and sewer median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.0. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19.7 | 2.5 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 8.9 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6.1 | 2.4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6.8 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 17.2 | 0.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 10.5 | 6.3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 22.9 | 6.2 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
237110 · IA · Urbandale
1,614 Construction management, water and sewer line employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,192 rated employers in Iowa with headcount on file · 104 employers in Urbandale, IA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.
| Rel | Establishment | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | Slabach Construction Co. | 12.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Cal Gro Pump Service, Inc. | 12.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Shannon Pump | 12.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Trio Development Corporation | 12.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Iowa American Water | 66 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | West Union Trenching Inc. | 66 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Menefee Drywall Co. Inc. | 66 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Marshalltown Generating Station - BIS | 66 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | ISG Urbandale | 786 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Quality Manufacturing Corporation | 612 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Mosaic Urbandale/Nevada | 363 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | URBANDALE IA | 352 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | TXS023 | 12.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | MDM Construction LLC | 12.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Railway | 12.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | the Melanson company, a Tecta America Company LLC Bow Division | 12.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | RRS Farms a California General Partnership | 66 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Charles H MacDonald Electric | 66 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Stericycle - Conroe,TX | 66 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Stericycle - Lake City,GA | 66 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.